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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. No I am not expecting frequency teacher communication or anything. I do not have the time or interest to do all the things I asked about. I realize my actions were crazy... thus the facepalm people.

And no I am not pushing my child too hard. WPPSI is a part of the admission process and the test is crazy long. It is reasonable that they noped on the the last section, but it is still facepalm worthy.

I thought this post would lighten some of the admissions discussions. You guys are jaded [/quote]

NP Isn’t the WPPSI only for the 4-5 year olds? They are still pretty enthusiastic at that stage. Noping seems like a red flag.[/quote]

Not necessarily. Kids don’t really understand the whole testing thing and you can’t really tell much from it at that age. When I was in preschool, I thought the whole thing was a waste of time and refused to do anything but the bare minimum, to the point that the tester told my Mom I was very low IQ and learning disabled. Thank goodness my Mom was a teacher and knew better (I went on to be a National Merit Scholar, so I clearly do ok with standardized tests). When my DC was tested, he refused to answer a question if he wasn’t 100% sure he knew the correct answer. No matter how many times the tester told him it was ok to guess. Maybe he thought they only count the questions you actually answer?  Anyway, he did well enough, and is now at the top of his class in HS. [/quote]

Yep. My sister and I both took the WPPSI for kindergarten magnet program admission.

I answered all the questions happily. She told the tester “I don’t know.” It took 3 sessions to get a valid result for her.

I tested out at 147. She tested out at 153. She was just a very shy kid.[/quote]

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